Combining electron-accepting phthalocyanines and nanorod-like CuO electrodes for p-type dye-sensitized solar cells

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2015 Jun 22;54(26):7688-92. doi: 10.1002/anie.201501550.

Abstract

A route is reported for the synthesis of two electron-accepting phthalocyanines featuring linkers with different lengths as sensitizers for p-type dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Importantly, our devices based on novel nanorod-like CuO photocathodes showed high efficiencies of up to 0.191 %: the highest value reported to date for CuO-based DSSCs.

Keywords: CuO electrodes; CuO nanorods; dye-sensitized solar cells; electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; zinc phthalocyanines.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Copper / chemistry*
  • Dielectric Spectroscopy / methods*
  • Electrons
  • Indoles / chemistry*
  • Isoindoles
  • Nanotubes
  • Solar Energy

Substances

  • Indoles
  • Isoindoles
  • Copper
  • cuprous oxide
  • phthalocyanine